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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?
This is really great - thanks for sharing.
I unfortunately don’t have much to add - I haven’t seen either version of “War Games”. I kept thinking I would watch the original over the last few months, but…didn’t.
I don’t think the new versions are (legally) available outside the UK?
My initial reaction is that it was pretty good - not in the top tier of Christmas specials, but pretty good.
I would imagine that some people might not appreciate the lockdown stuff, but I don’t think it was pushing any kind of agenda - just acknowledging that there were some tragic side-effects of that whole situation.
What really struck me was how well the episode fleshed out Joy, Anita, Trev with fairly limited screen time. Ironically, Joy was probably the least fleshed-out, but Nicola Coughlan played the part very well.
it seems to me that both things can be true: the popular economic indicators can be looking good and everyday people can be experiencing greater levels of financial hardship than they or their parents have ever known.
Absolutely - data-based decision making is good, but the data has to be robust enough to fully capture the reality.
Regularly including cost of living measures alongside GDP would be a good start.
Wait, I thought that was Doctor Who…